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Why do people expect Apple to blow away their expectations?
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Apple Fantasies.....
Apple used to break everyones expectations easily, because people didn't expect much...computers were still fairly new and we thought 'Wow, a 40MB hard drive! I'll never fill that up!'. Now we have a better concept of what computers have the possiblity of being. And we all love Apple so we want Apple to be the first there. The thing is, we, as computer users, are able to see farther into the distance than the technology can be developed. So lets try to applaud Apple for what it is doing now. It was inevitable that the iMac would be released with a G$. The only feasible choice besides that was to release a G3 with a faster clock speed than the Pro line G4s and that would have caused revolt. Also Apple needed a G4 in their consumer level products to really make OS X shine to consumers....
Enjoy what is here now. Anticipate what may come in the future. Don't cry when it doesn't. How many times more has the PC market failed at meeting expectations that Apple? Five, ten times more?
Apple used to break everyones expectations easily, because people didn't expect much...computers were still fairly new and we thought 'Wow, a 40MB hard drive! I'll never fill that up!'. Now we have a better concept of what computers have the possiblity of being. And we all love Apple so we want Apple to be the first there. The thing is, we, as computer users, are able to see farther into the distance than the technology can be developed. So lets try to applaud Apple for what it is doing now. It was inevitable that the iMac would be released with a G$. The only feasible choice besides that was to release a G3 with a faster clock speed than the Pro line G4s and that would have caused revolt. Also Apple needed a G4 in their consumer level products to really make OS X shine to consumers....
Enjoy what is here now. Anticipate what may come in the future. Don't cry when it doesn't. How many times more has the PC market failed at meeting expectations that Apple? Five, ten times more?
Apple no longer meets my expectations; or rather, I have lowered my expectations in Apple. Take, for example, the new iMac. Yeah, it's sweet, and it's got a G4, but look at the rest of the system. 100mhz system bus, PC100 SDRAM? This is OLD technology. Even on the PowerMac the system bus is only 133mhz, and it uses PC133 SDRAM. Intel's socket478 motherboards have 400mhz sytem buses, and they support DDR SDRAM running at 333mhz. AMD is close behind Intel in this area. Apple says that it has better overal system performance. How can this be true? I find it hard to beleive that software/hardware integration can make up for the huge gap between Apple and Window's machines.
Macs have great performance in graphics and 3d applications, but the Windows PCs are neck and neck with it in most parts of these areas. My G4 400 AGP is fine for creating all my graphics and web design work using photoshop, illustrator, flash, formz, ultradev, and others. The problem comes when viewing the finsished product. For example a dual G4 800 w/ nvidia geforce 2 mx can't even view many flash websites at proper speeds, yet less expensive, lower end Window's PC's with sucky worse cards can veiw them perfectly. Also, take a look at iTunes (or iTunes2); the previously mentioned G4 system can't even run the visualizer at 30 fps in medium size! What is going on!? Another thing lacking is it's ability to play compressed video, even using dvd codecs specifically for Macintoshes, with any degree of competancy. It just can't be done in real time. But on PC's from even 2 years ago, one can run them perfectly - in real time. Scrolling, window dragging, and window resizing are all far better on Windows machines.
Thus, we see the need for increased system bus speeds, DDR RAM, and insane mhz increases in the Macs. And I want a G5 (fat chance).
Apple better pull through at Macworld Tokyo this march...but wait... they won't. So why should I get my hopes up?
Macs have great performance in graphics and 3d applications, but the Windows PCs are neck and neck with it in most parts of these areas. My G4 400 AGP is fine for creating all my graphics and web design work using photoshop, illustrator, flash, formz, ultradev, and others. The problem comes when viewing the finsished product. For example a dual G4 800 w/ nvidia geforce 2 mx can't even view many flash websites at proper speeds, yet less expensive, lower end Window's PC's with sucky worse cards can veiw them perfectly. Also, take a look at iTunes (or iTunes2); the previously mentioned G4 system can't even run the visualizer at 30 fps in medium size! What is going on!? Another thing lacking is it's ability to play compressed video, even using dvd codecs specifically for Macintoshes, with any degree of competancy. It just can't be done in real time. But on PC's from even 2 years ago, one can run them perfectly - in real time. Scrolling, window dragging, and window resizing are all far better on Windows machines.
Thus, we see the need for increased system bus speeds, DDR RAM, and insane mhz increases in the Macs. And I want a G5 (fat chance).
Apple better pull through at Macworld Tokyo this march...but wait... they won't. So why should I get my hopes up?
I'm not denying any of your performance claims of PCs these days, but I just want to share a little example with you. I have recently gotten a job at my school's IT dept. I spend most of my day setting up people's new computers and reconfiguring them so they retain their old eudora and netscape settings and all that. In the two weeks that I have been there, I spent as much time on the 2 PC upgrades that I've performed with the other, more experienced tech guy as I have on the 10 or so Mac upgrades. The biggest headache is that most PCs these days don't have firewire ports on them (USB 2.0 isn't all it's cracked up to be either). On a mac, you can start up the old computer in "target disk" mode by holding down the T key and it appears on the other computer's desktop as a firewire hard drive. As opposed to the PCs where oyu either have to tranfer it through the network to a server and back which takes all ****ing day, or literally get out a screwdriver rip the hard drive out of the old machine and plug it into the new one. The PC may be faster at things, I don't really care if doing things on it at all is a headache. I haven't started my G3 450 running OS X 10.1 in over a week, and the few programs that have frozen up on me are all betas, and none of these required force quits affected anything. I buy Apple products, not because of any one feature or speed or anythign like that (although they do have them) it's the whole package, Apple just knows how to get my computer to work for me better than any other company that exists.
Yes 10.1 is excellent, so is classic. I love both. Apple is the best when it comes to the software/OS end of the computer, and that's the main thing. That's why I use a Mac, but can you imagine if it could meet my previously described performance claims? I'm convinced that Apple will catch up in most areas they lag behind (hardware wise) the PC in. My main concern is the CPU. The probability of Motorolla making chips better than Intel and AMD is shady. They got tripped up on the 500mhz, what's to say they won't hit another barrier? Anyway, I just want more power to run the apps and view the files I use so frequently.
10.1 is nice to play around in, but to get THE work done, 9.x is the way to go (personally 9.1 has been my fav). maybe when 10.5 comes out we will see our dreams of today realized. in the mean time, it's constructive to have some patience, and get some work done on your machine.